Technology

Vietnam will create conditions for the development of a sharing economy, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue said at a recent conference about the compilation of a sharing economy model.

Mavin Group, a food joint venture between Australia and Vietnam, is aiming to export Vietnamese duck meat in the future, given the increasing demand for this product.

Russia is willing to assist Vietnam in developing its e-government via free-of-charge consultancy, technology transfer, and training of experts, said a Russian official.

Hanoi is willing to cooperate with and learn from Russian enterprises’ experience in building an e-Government, said Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung.

Vietnam, like many other countries, is in a bid to spur economic innovation with Artificial Intelligence, but experts said the country is starting from at a low point and needs to make a huge effort.

The Government has issued a decree creating more favourable conditions for the development of businesses operating in the field of science and technology.

Vietnam is one of Asia’s five worst polluters of ocean plastic waste, according to international organisations.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam praised efforts made by scientists who are participating in projects in Vietnam and in the development of the country’s science and education sector.

A group of Vietnamese researchers has created an unmanned vehicle that can be used to create maps of the ocean floor and collect environmental data.

With a passion for knowledge and a dream for conquering space, 36 engineers of the Vietnam National Space Centre have overcome difficulties to successfully manufacture a microsatellite.

The Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group will trial 5G mobile technology around the country over the next 12 months.

The Authority of Information Security under the Ministry of Information and Communications, has forecast five major trends in network safety and security to watch in 2019.